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Jean-Baptiste Couture, Lewiston, 1926

Jean-Baptiste Couture, Lewiston, 1926

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Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries

By the end of Couture's career, he had received awards from the Maine Press Association for his contributions to journalism and from the government of France for his contributions to French language and culture.

In addition to being the owner-publisher of Le Messager for more than 50 years and founder of WCOU, a bilingual radio station, he also was active in politics and in local theater.